There are such games that they speak to you at a sensual level. Your eye does not cling to something specific, he perceives everything with a single emotional stream in which you choke, but at the same time enjoy. Personally, I know such games not so that there would be a lot, but those rare specimens that I still found a storage in my heart with special care, periodically returning to these bright moments of my memory. Such a project, for example, is Life is Strange, which is not without problems, but this music, heroes, history, and the atmosphere as a whole is something so magical and pleasant that you don’t want to leave the game straight. So, I recently found a new toy that crept into the corners of my soul. From the name you could already guess that this project was a notorious visual short story from Russian developers – an endless summer. Despite the fact that this game has already been dismantled from all sides and everything was told about it, I would just like to share my opinion. Again tightened the introduction, nothing new in principle, pleasant reading!

We are told the story of one classic recluse named Semyon. He lives boring, sticks all day on the internet, does not really follow not what is behind the apartment, but even for himself, and this is not for anything, because he rarely leaves his abode. But then there is an offer from former classmates to attend a meeting of graduates. It’s not a matter of sitting at home always, so Semyon decides to go. Sitting on the bus and falling asleep in it, our main character from the cold night city falls into a warm summer pioneer camp called "Council". Now Semyon has to find out how this happened and try to go back.

The plot, in general, came out quite successful. It is interesting to monitor the events, and the concept itself is entertaining, the catch is that the story is written from the point of view of the beauty of the syllable is not right so that it would be good. Of course, the text is not deprived of talented and very worthy moments, and the events, as I wrote before, are generally good, it is just clear that it was not the most experienced person who approached the script. To write this into the minuses of the project, my hand will not turn out, because, as I understand it, this is the first game from Soviet Games, so such a moment is more than excusable, especially if you pay attention to the pluses of the game that not only overlap this spine, but completely pull it out.

I’m talking about the atmosphere. What pleasant emotions appear when you observe these very qualitatively made backs, you want to move there and inhale this aroma of lilac, blooming at the house of the counselor Olga Dmitrievna. Do not forget about music, which, although not straight magnificent, works fine as a rather pleasant background that creates a great mood.

But in all its glory, this camp is helped by the characters who are based on their pretty well-drawn anime-chan. Each has its own special character, which they are remembered and which helps them not to look pale. For example, the impudent Alisa Dvochevskaya, timid Lena or good glow – the images, although not the most original, but at the same time quite bright and pleasant.

The main character of Semyon himself is a great Persian for the player to just associate himself with him. He literally does not have a clear face, and his background and character are very optimal for many. Nevertheless, sometimes Semyon acts quite unusual, which gives him individuality. In general, in it, the features for associations and its own personality, which is periodically shown in some moments, are quite successfully mixed in it.

Elections also work to unity of the character and the player, on which the ending will depend. I went through the game so far once, but from different videos and in Achivka at the end I realized that the finale is not alone there, although I would not call the elections directly large -scale. But even more interesting. What would happen if I took an apple, or at one of the moments I would choose another girl as a satellite, and if I agreed to come to Alice? I will find answers to these questions only after time, and this is cool when you can fully understand the game after only a few passages. On the one hand, I still have some questions, but on the other, the story in general turned out to be whole, but to questions, if I want, I can find the answer by rechering the game with other elections. An infinite summer is not straight that I spent, for example, for almost eight hours, but taking into account the fact that I, in principle, is not very quick, it is not surprising, others are clearly less than the figure is less.

Do not forget about the gameplay, about which you cannot say a lot. Classical visual novel, where you, at the basis of your own, just read the text, listening to good music and watching wonderful arts. As the classic said, "but I don’t need more".

In general, it was my set of thoughts about an endless summer, a game, if you miraculously missed it, as if you deserve your attention! Thank you very much for reading to the end, the world to everyone!

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Regarding the text – I strongly recommend installing a mod from the workshop "7 days of summer" on top of the original "summer", it is 7dl. With him, the game seems to become full-fledged, the original plot looks like an unfinished alpha version. Everything falls into place with the mod, plus several ruts of Miku are open from the very beginning, for example (it is Miku, and not Masha as in the original). Once to read it completely

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Right now I will express a very popular opinion, but BL is an extremely mediocre VNKA. Starting from the very structure of the game and ending with the text – everything is not very good. I realize that in some mental state, this game can bring pleasure, but for this it is necessary for the player to fulfill some conditions-either he should be on the wave of dual and know all his mascots, which are romantic interests in this game, or you need to indulge in nostalgia for the romance of pioneer camps (ideally both at once). If none of these conditions is respected (as in my case), getting pleasure from the game is quite difficult.

The fact that the script was corresponded a bunch of once visible the naked eye, as well as what it was not written by professionals. The quality of different arches varies greatly. The only decent and finished arch from the original is the arch of Lena. All the others almost begin under the carbon copy and end the same. Answers to questions that the game does not give in any of the arches, even in those that seem to be made in order to give these answers.

In addition, the very structure of the game is such that in order to obtain a good ending of a certain rut, a bunch of unobvious conditions must be fulfilled long before reaching the rut itself. And Ruth is a maximum of 20% of the whole game, which is why for the sake of different routes you have to re-reproduce a bunch of already visible things. In the same Katawa Shoujo (by the way, I highly recommend familiarization), which the authors of the BL were clearly inspired, this was done much more adequate (but it is also not without sins, yes).

I touched some mods, so they were made much better than all the main game (I highly recommend Arc Miku).

Of the other advantages – very good backs and quite good music, which, as for me, still starts to bother at some point.

As a result and in general – so so to be honest. You can poke and watch beautiful pictures against the background of pleasant music, but you can’t cling to the game and plot, and if it turns out at some moment, then in the end there is still disappointment.

In this segment of BL, I plunged a little after writing this material, if it is directly interesting, then perhaps in the future I will write a separate text

IMHO, I would have blocked in one line with old. In the current turbulent time and personal mourning I am saved by these games, I would have added Spitfarer to the same line. In general, the author is well done. I really liked the personal opinion and personal expression of emotions

Better not read 7 days of summer. And then, the questions "how it can be the most popular mod? "They will eat from the inside with each page read. Yes, there are tons of endings, but the number is not equal to the quality. The best works that I have seen is BKRR, a modern owl (and there is already “who I” is not far away), a draft, a pioneer without the original. There is also a continuation of history, by irony this mod will not. For starters, enough. I spent more than 400 hours in 5 months. I haven’t read so much in my whole life.

Thanks for the advice, with the name stupid, now I will change)

BL is also famous for its mods-rolls, kefir and rock and roll.Continuation of history, Samantha, and so on. Although there are mods that are bad in everything from the plot to the characters

Be sure to go through the confession of the teapot

That’s what, and the music here is "straight magnificent". Sergei Elobog did just a tremendous work, and Michael Malkov presented several magnificent tracks. Some of the works of Sergey were simply taken out of archival melodies, which he once composed for other projects in fantasy themes, but they also fit into the atmosphere of BL, giving it a unique charm. Interesting fact: the title theme of the game with the same name dreamed of Sergey in a dream.

A few years ago I got this introduction at a very right time in the heart. From music still goosebumps 🙂

Like BL, at least because of absolutely any madness, you can take as a canon. For this can be attributed as a parallel camp. In this game, absolutely all genres, from comedy and romance to outright horror (hello from a single fashion).

I fully support the offer to familiarize yourself with Katawa Shujo. After BL, he tried to find something else and Katava carried away even more than summer. The characters are much more interesting, more diverse and better spelled out. The girls themselves have various injuries and injuries, so you should not just “hide the beauty with a pioneer”, but plunge into very complex, depressed and deep internal worlds of girls that they hide behind external smiles. Well, or drink alcohol on the roof (who plays, understand). The hero is also not without fooling, but more adequate than Semyon. Unlike BL of 4 acts, only 1 is only 1, and that after the middle changes depending on the choice of your future companion.

There are also problems with different scriptwriters and editing of the script in principle – Ruth Hanako (one of the companions) in the original version is almost a psychological horror, and Ruth Sizzune (the other companion) was clearly not taken to mind to release. By the way, alpha version of the katava can help with this, which can be downloaded in the form of a separate game. Music seemed to me no worse than in bl. Of the unequivocally losing sides, the backbone, which are unprofitted photographs of real places and low resolution in general. Well, the extreme specificity … of the place of action and characters, which is certainly a huge plus, but not everyone will come in.

And yes, the outfits of katava unfortunately are very bad about mods, so they did not receive wide support. In my memory, God forbid will pick up 2-3 mods (such as Cat’s PAW from our models about two new girls), because the authors consider fashion “distorting their characters and ideas”, unlike Soviet Games, who gave players to bring their world and characters to mind.

Well, despite my love for BL, Katava for me personally is much better passing the test of time-I’m going completely in a year or two times, always very deeply immersing myself in the short story, and BL even in good stories of new mods, alas, is not perceived.

Thank you very much for the advice, when you are repeated, I will definitely pay attention